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Allergist/Immunologist

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AVG. SALARY

$243,060

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EDUCATION

First professional degree

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JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

What They Do

Allergists and Immunologists Career Video

About This Career

Diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.

This career is part of the Health Science cluster Therapeutic Services pathway.

A person in this career:

  • Diagnoses or treats allergic or immunologic conditions.
  • Educates patients about diagnoses, prognoses, or treatments.
  • Orders or performs diagnostic tests such as skin pricks and intradermal, patch, or delayed hypersensitivity tests.
  • Prescribes medication such as antihistamines, antibiotics, and nasal, oral, topical, or inhaled glucocorticosteroids.
  • Interprets diagnostic test results to make appropriate differential diagnoses.
  • Documents patients' medical histories.
  • Develops individualized treatment plans for patients, considering patient preferences, clinical data, or the risks and benefits of therapies.
  • Provides therapies, such as allergen immunotherapy or immunoglobin therapy, to treat immune conditions.
  • Conducts physical examinations of patients.
  • Assesses the risks and benefits of therapies for allergic and immunologic disorders.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

People who do this job report that:

  • You would sit most of the time. There's some walking and standing. You may have to lift and carry things like books, papers or tools weighing 10 lbs. or less.
  • Exposed to disease and infections more than once a month through work such as patient care, laboratory work, and sanitation control
  • Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time

Working in this career involves (physical activities):

  • Seeing clearly at a distance
  • Seeing clearly up close
  • Speaking clearly enough to be able to be understood by others
  • Identifying and understanding the speech of another person

Work Hours and Travel

  • Regular working hours and limited travel

Specialty and Similar Careers

Careers that are more detailed or close to this career:

  • Adult and Pediatric Allergy Partner
  • Allergy and Immunology Physician
  • Immunology Physician
  • Pediatric Pulmonologist
  • Allergy and Immunology Specialist
  • Allergy Physician
  • MD (Medical Doctor)
  • Physician — Diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, and other disorders and work to promote good health and prevent illness.

Contact

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    From outside the U.S., please call +1 (424) 750-3900

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